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...stretch of time would necessarily impose an intolerable burden upon the Chancellor. Moreover, it was pointed out by The New York Times, that, if the Government were forced to resign before a President were elected, Chancellor Luther would be in the same sort of situation as was the Pooh-Bah in Gilbert & Sullivan's famed Mikado, viz: Luther as Chancellor would be obliged to tender his resignation to himself as President and having accepted his own resignation would have to find a successor for himself as Chancellor...
...Daeschner, when he was so gracefully ushered in by Mr. J. Butler Wright, had exclaimed "Pooh!" and spat upon the carpet; if the President, in rejoinder, had ejaculated, "Bah!" and blown his nose with rage, the public would have been none the wiser...
...Daeschner, when he was so gracefully ushered in by Mr. J. Butler Wright, had exclaimed "Pooh!" and spat upon the carpet; if the President, in rejoinder, had ejaculated, "Bah!" and blown his nose with rage, the public would have been none the wiser...
Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria, overlord of the Provinces of Fengtien, Kirin and Heilungkiang, allied with Dr. Sun-Yat-sen, of Canton and Tuchun Lu of Chekiang. Driven from Peking, where he was Pooh Bah in 1922, by Super-Tuchun Wu, Chang seeks to oust Wu and President Tsao Kun and resume his lordly sway in the Capital. Like all Chinese leaders, he interprets his ambition as a step toward reunifying China. Possibly the whole trouble with China is that there are too many leaders trying to do the same thing. It was rumored during the past week, that...
...Severing, Prussian Minister of the Interior, said in the Landtag to the accompaniment of Communist hisses and other sibilant sounds: " The Communist acts hurt the workers most of all. "Bah!" quantity of percussion yelled the Bolsheviks, "The workers are going to break your neck...